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Minnesota owner and attorney Stefan Tolin saw stallion potential in his precocious homebred colt Choosing Choice.When injury sidelined the racing career of the son of Unreal Zeal, several industry advisers pointed Tolin toward Louisiana as the place to launch Choosing Choice’s stud career. Louisiana was attractive because the colt had raced ...

1 California Chrome Art Sherman Lucky Pulpit—Love the Chase, by Not For Love Yes, his speed and overall brilliance has been established, but his mind plays a huge part in his success. He has a wonderful relationship with people and knows exactly what he has to do, whether racing or training. Part of that is due to the amount of contact he had ...

With California Chrome’s trainer Art Sherman being thrust into the Kentucky Derby spotlight at age 77, so too will the great Swaps, whose meteoric career has been and will continue to be resurrected by Sherman, who was the immortal Cal-bred’s regular work rider and who accompanied the colt cross-country by train to Louisville, Ky. for the Derby, ...

During an April 13 event called ''Ladies of the Turf,'' there was a historic gathering of nearly 30 retired and active female jockeys at Keeneland, including those who were first allowed to ride in 1969 and some of the most accomplished members of their profession. The female jocks signed a commemorative poster created by noted cartoonist Peb ...

Sunday's ninth race at Keeneland is a very exciting third-level allowance race for fillies and mares going a mile on the turf. The most intriguing horse in the race is the French invader Filimbi. In her most recent start, Filimbi nicely captured a Listed Stakes race at Chantilly over heavy ground last November. Filimbi is a product of two former ...

Saturday's Blue Grass card at Keeneland features numerous Graded Stakes races, however, we'll shift our focus to a trio of treacherous Maiden Special Weight events starting with race four. Race 4: A wide-open field of 11 three-year-old fillies going two-turns over Polytrack in this contest. The Brisnet.com Speed Rating par for this race is an ...

Welcome to Predicteform’s Featured Race of the Week. Most weekends, the research staff at Predicteform will select a Graded Stakes Race and provide an in-depth analysis of the Pace Figures and Form Cycle Pattern of each starter. Please see the Legend or Pattern Guide for back-up definitions and patterns. View the Pace ...

FridayThe G1 Maker's 46 MikeKeeneland, Race 9By Jason PerlmutterThe Maker's Mile features the return of a true equine hero in two-time defending Horse of the Year Wise Dan, who is making his first start of 2014.  As a fan of this giant-hearted gelding, it will be tough to oppose him.  Beyond fandom is the fact that Wise Dan is 11-for-12 ...

By J. Keeler Johnson (''Keelerman'') After months of anticipation and excitement, we are nearing the end of the road to the Kentucky Derby. In approximately 60 hours, the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland and the Arkansas Derby (gr. I) at Oaklawn Park will have been run and the field for the Kentucky Derby will be more-or-less ...

It's time for my annual Kentucky Oaks name blog! I cover the Kentucky Oaks for the magazine, so for the last five years, I have researched the meanings behind the names of several of Oaks-bound fillies. Read some of my past entries here, here, and here. Whenever I make a ''hunch bet,'' it's usually about 80-90% based on the horse's name.  ...